Hi all,
Here are the minutes from this week's TechCom meeting:
* Announcement: Guidelines established by approved RFC Define criteria for
setting
explicit PHP support target for MediaWiki <
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T228342>
are available at <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Support_policy_for_PHP>.
* Last call: Core REST API namespace and version <
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T232485>gt;.
This RFC proposes a namespace and version policy for routes in the
MediaWiki REST API.
* Discussed: Section header "share" link <
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T18691>gt;.
This RFC aims to make it easier for readers to share links to sections on
wiki pages.
* Discussed: New Skin for Desktop Improvements Project
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T234907>. This RFC discusses the
approach for
implementing broad UI changes to the desktop interface of Wikimedia
projects.
* Discussed: Strategy for PHP interface changes <
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T193613>gt;.
This RFC proposes policies and strategies to mitigate problems arising from
the need
to change PHP interfaces that are implemented by classes defined by
extensions.
In particular, it proposes a separate policy that defines the stable
interface for use by
extensions, see <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Stable_Interface_Policy>.
* No IRC meeting next week.
You can also find our meeting minutes at
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Committee/Minutes>
See also the TechCom RFC board
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/mediawiki-rfcs/>.
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Best,
- Alex
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Alex Paskulin
Technical Writer
Wikimedia Foundation